Definitions for pocket gopher

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

pock′et go`pher(n.)

  1. Category: Mammals

    Ref: gopher1. 1 1

Origin of pocket gopher:

1870–75, Amer.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. gopher, pocket gopher, pouched rat(noun)

    burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America

Wiktionary

  1. pocket gopher(Noun)

    A burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae, the "true" gophers.


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